There are places where you can rip open a pack of seeds and sprinkle them upon the ground in all sorts of fantastic combinations and they will grow into stunning displays all on their own. I dream of such a place. This is my adventure of gardening in Nevada. Welcome to Gardens in Desert.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Black Mountain

This is a picture of Black Mountain from Lake Mead Blvd. down the hill from Lake Las Vegas. Black Mountain Garden is located in the middle of the 3 mountain ridges pictured above.

The red tulips are starting to bloom. The first 2 blossoms were cut short by what I suspect to be an adverse reaction to the amended soil that I worked into the top 2 inches of soil surrounding the plants in all of the beds. The leaves have been burned, and new growth is slightly curled and stunted. Here is a picture of the first tulip flower. Isn't the color amazing?

They are quite wild looking especially without any stems. This is the first time I have had tulips in Nevada. The bulbs were purchased on clearance and planted in January. I love the leaves and maybe next year they will have stems.

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Black Mountain Garden

Black Mountain Garden is a place for people who enjoy gardening, rockwork, waterfeatures, sculpture, plantings, propagating new plants, garden wildlife, and the sharing of plants and ideas with other fellow gardeners.

About Me

My name is Laura and I live on Black Mountain, just outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. I garden in the highly alkaline soils of the windy foothills of Black Mountain. My garden is 3 years old, and began as a blank canvas of poor dirt surrounded by a 6 foot high cinder block wall. I grew up in Missouri, which is where I got my farmgirl ways, and I am waiting for my husband to take to me to live where there is black dirt, where I'll be set free and he can go fishing.

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